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The diagnosis of ‘hysteria’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John L. Reed
John L. Reed
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London
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Synopsis

A study of 120 inpatients diagnosed as suffering from hysteria is presented and the validity of the diagnosis questioned. Clinical study showed that 13% showed only hysterical symptoms, 33% showed hysterical symptoms occurring with affective symptoms, 28% showed affective symptomatology only, and the remainder were either of other or uncertain diagnostic grouping. It is concluded that the 13% are suffering from a condition that can only be diagnosed as hysteria.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 13 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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